Improvement in attaching horse-shoes



PATENTED- MAR 10 D868 Lctte7s Ptent No. 75,494, dated Mar r 10, 1868.

mrnovnmnn IN ATTACHING HORSE-SHOES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY'CONCERN: Be it i nown .tliat I, JonnWnennn, of thecity and county of Was hington, in tii District of Colnn1bia, haveinvented :ynew and"improircd Horse-Shoe; and do hercby declare that thefollowing is a.' full. and exact description therqof, 1efcrence bcinghad to the accompanying drawingsfi and to. the letters' of referencemarked threbn,'ihwhiohlikc parts are designnted -by Iik ietters in the several figures.

The nature 'Of my'invention consistsin se constructig a horSe-shoe, andcertairipart eonnccted therewith, thatthe saine Can he reddily appliedto the'hoof, or removed therefroni, without the use of ordinary nils. Toenable others sklled in the art to make and use my invention, I Willproeeed to describe its constrxretion and operation. In the drntyngsFigure 1 represents a .pespeetive view of horsehooi, With :r shoe .ndthefastenings attached to the'sarh. Eigure 2 is a. partial sectionthroughhoof, shoe, and attachments art et, or outside part. Figure 3isa. corresponding section at b, 0'! on the insid'e, whilst Figure 4 isn front yiew of a' single strap or pinte, to be a.ppliedihstead of twoothers, (as seen in fig. 1,).

intended, however, 'to be applied more espeiolly to split hoofs, butadapter! to the same shoe.

As to left hoofsg'the sections sho wn should be reversed, the intentionbing 'to keep as iar as possible abstractions from the inside, ;vhere,by over-reaching or .otherwise, the hbofs'could corne in contact witheach ot hcr.

Fig. 1 represents a right-hand hoof, &c., A being the hoof, B a shoe;whilst C and D are metal straps, crossing each-other at 5 and attachednteach of ther ends to the shoe. Each shoe hais on its enter side two Jug,whilst on the inner side the strapsare attached to dierent ons, flushwith the hoof. AH these Iugs arec.ast or othefwisc mnde vith the shoe.The 6u ten luge project from the hoofl and the ends of the straps whichare 'secured .to "the snme by s creivs or rivets, asnt e, have 1i ps,fittingdown on the top of the Iugs. Reeesgos inc mnde in the lowerenter edgcs of the hoof, to rceie 3.11 the 1ugs.

a The strap on the. inside of hoofs are fastened alsb, by screws orrivets, to their lugs, bnt so as to be as 'possble wth thehofs, as seenin fig. 3. These straps dan have an additibnal fastening on the insideiettnding theni fnrther dewn, hnving a dove-tailed 1ip fiting into a.corresponding recess in the shoe, showri at-f, fig. 1. On thcinside ci.each shoe I propose using a. rubbet strap or cnshion, secredat each endto the insidelugsl The strnps ma.y also be so made as to have smllpoints,turned in on the .edge, so as to take hold 'of the hoof,preventing saisi Strps frein slipping.

-:The ndvantage f my invention, in a mcasure; consists in the fact thata farrier can shoe a horse whi1st the animal is restiug his foot on theground( The recesses for Iugs, however, must first be made. The making.

of these requires the rnising of the hoof. Again, any groon1 -can rmoveshoesand put them on a.t pleasure.

w g. th1ls s0ribed m invention, What Iclaim as ne w, and desireto secureby Lettcrs Patent of the United States, is- A Attachingthe bauds O D :toa herse-5h09, B, in the nmnner substantially/a shown and dscribed, and

for the purpose set fort1.

Witnesses:

S. S, F.AHNESTOCK,:' A J. P. Tnnononn LANG. t V

JOHN WAGNERL

